Elena Markovskaya, an architect, artist and costume designer, was born in
Moscow and graduated Moscow Art School in 1972 and the Moscow Architectural
Institute in 1978.

Markovskaya has designed several monuments in Moscow, among which is the
prominent memorial to the students of the Moscow Architectural Institute who
perished in World War II.

A well-known portrait artist, she has participated in numerous Moscow art
exhibitions and has had a personal exhibition, The Flames of Paris, at Naschokin
Gallery (2008). Her costume designs include The Brothers and Liza at the
Mossovet Theatre, Moscow (1998), Princess Turandot for the Katyusha Folk Dance
Ensemble, Moscow (2004), Cinderella, Mariinsky Theatre, St.Petersburg (2001),
The Bright Stream, Latvian National Opera, Riga (2004) and The Flames of Paris,
Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow (2008).